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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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